(10) recurring (11) brought me back to earth (12) fantasy (13) sweat (14) congratulate (15) number (16) media 2. (1) engineer (2) forget (3) convinced (4) how (5) build (6) accident (7) thought (8) only (9) sharp (10) touched (11) instructions (12) finally II. Translation 1. 1) It is the creativity and dedication of the workers and executives that turned the company into a profitable business. 2) The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months. 3) We plan to repaint the upper floors of the office building. 4) His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide. 5) I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and groaning painfully. 2. Numerous facts bear out the argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You needn’t/don’t have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears. Consider the case of/Take Donna. Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry. And then I felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.” Unit6 Women, Half the Sky Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work 1. They liked girly toys such as a miniature kitchen, and Barbies. 2. To convert a gas-guzzling SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle. 3. Because she didn’t know anything about cars and was afraid of being cheated by the mechanic. 4. She was craving independence and wanted to live away from home for some time. 5. It helped her earn six engineering credits, which of course made it easier for her to become an engineering major. 6. Five years. 7. In her view, if you find a subject is difficult to learn, it does not mean you’re not good at it. It just means you have to set your mind and work harder to get good at it. 8. Because he had confidence in her abilities believing she could have done better if she had studied more. 9. No, she wasn’t always confident. She had moments of panic, worried that as a woman she would be unable to understand thermodynamics. 10. She considers it wrong because it is based on a faulty premise. 11. It is flexible and more powerful than we imagine. 12. What she means is not to accept others’ opinions blindly but to use one’s own judgment. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1. Part One: The author describes how she stumbled into engineering. Part Two: The author writes about how she has overcome obstacles, including the bias against women, on her way to success. Part Three: The author draws the conclusion that women can do anything men can so long as they believe in their own abilities. 2. 1) she was not a tomboy. not to an engineering department. she didn’t know the first thing about engineering. because she craved independence from her parents. already earned her six credits in engineering. 2) math and design. she participated in a national competition to convert an SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle. work harder at it. that she should study more. had to work hard at courses she found difficult, which encouraged her to keep going. Language Sense Enhancement 1. (1) limit (2) denying (3) favor (4) others (5) relevant (6) translating (7) hard and fast conclusions (8) focus (9) incredibly flexible (10) consider the possibility Vocabulary I 1. 1) cultural/culture 2) indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5) stumbled into 6) decent 7) buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) Shuddering 11) implied 12) leap 2. 1) convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office at the airport. 2) didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker. 3) their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work. 4) allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day. 5) couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating. 3. 1) will not panic/feel panic; ’ll be at a disadvantage 2) hybrid; transmissions 3) crave; One indication; to distinguish II. Synonyms in Context 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as well/too 6. too 7. also 8. Also III. Usage 1. I’ve had enough 2. When I was old enough to work and earn money 3. can’t got enough sleep at night 4. has so far collected enough of them 5. have strong enough arms 6. have just enough money to live on Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze 1. (1) stumbled into (2) not know the first thing about (3) mechanical (4) when it comes to (5) hybrid (6) gritted her teeth (7) premise (8) at a disadvantage (9) panic (10) cultural (11) flexible (12) imply 2. (1) chair (2) force (3) secrets (4) painstaking (5) recognized (6) steered (7) essentially (8) observations (9) women (10) tutor (11) inspired (12) unless
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